Sky's Adam Parsons sees the full-scale destruction of Gaza. Israel does not allow news organisations to report independently from Gaza. Today it took a group of journalists, including Sky News' Adam Parsons, into the area of the Strip occupied by Israeli forces. The brief visit was highly controlled and offered no access to Palestinians, or other areas of Gaza. Military censorship laws in Israel mean that military personnel were shown all our material before publication. Sky News maintained edit

Figures from across the spectrum of political and public life gathered at St Andrew’s Cathedral to farewell broadcaster John Laws in a state funeral, including actor Russell Crowe, who delivered a eulogy for his former neighbour and “mischievous mate”. | The Sydney Morning Herald